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Doyle asks FEMA for more help
Gov. Jim Doyle wants federal emergency officials to send more help to Wisconsin as the state recovers from June's floods. Doyle met with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Paulison in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. He says he...Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, Local Authority, Executive Branch
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FEMA seeks immunity from suits over trailer fumes
Associated Press WriterThe Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge Wednesday for immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims. Lawyers for victims...Tags: Judges, Trials, Lawyers, Disasters, Hurricanes
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Hurricane Dolly slams into Texas
Associated Press WriterBROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ Hurricane Dolly gathered strength and slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, damaging an apartment complex and knocking out power to thousands. But local...Tags: Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Superman, Disasters, Floods
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Near Miss for Airliner and Small Plane
Associated PressONTARIO -- A jetliner and a small plane passed too close - less than a mile apart - in the skies near Ontario, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The westbound Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 on approach to Los Angeles International Airport at 11,900...Tags: Laura Brown, Air Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Transportation Industry, Kennedy Airport
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Private security cameras could join Chicago's video surveillance
The Chicago 911 center's extensive network of video surveillance could expand significantly under a proposal to allow city hookups to security cameras at businesses and private homes—with the owners' permission. City emergency staff would not...Tags: Road Accidents, The Promotion, The Office, Richard M. Daley
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy knows what to expect at Thursday's shareholders meeting -- plenty of questions about Brett Favre. "Obviously, there's an issue that's foremost in most people's minds so that's something obviously we'll...Tags: Defense, Government, Local Authority, Disasters, Floods
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Weakening Dolly moves inland in south Texas, levees hold despite heavy rain
Associated PressHurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. Authorities had feared the...Tags: National Hurricane Center, Government, Disasters, Floods, Hurricanes
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Near midair collision at O'Hare, NTSB says
Chicago Tribune reporterThe National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a midair near-collision at O'Hare International Airport on Monday afternoon in which a departing commercial airliner and a corporate jet landing on an intersecting runway came within 325 feet of...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation, O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation Industry, Embraer SA
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NTSB investigates near collision at O'Hare
Associated Press WriterThe National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport -- the third such incident at a major airport this month. The board said in a statement that the...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation Industry, Delta Air Lines, Kennedy Airport, Transportation
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Volunteer Notes
The Volunteer Center Serving Howard County, in cooperation with the Community Emergency Response Network, is recruiting members of the community and referring them to local nonprofit and government agencies that need volunteers for disaster preparedness...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Emergency Incidents, Charity, Tourism and Leisure, Disasters
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